Thursday, April 12, 2018

Mo Brooks: ‘We Cannot Afford to Be the Planet’s Orphanage’

Representative Mo Brooks (R., Ala.) was unmoved by a humanitarian appeal to open America’s southern border to a caravan of Central American asylum seekers Friday.

“There are literally billions of people who could make that same kind of argument,” Brooks said on CNN’s New Day Friday morning when asked if the would-be immigrants should qualify for asylum in the U.S.

Brooks cited fiscal concerns in defending his position, pointing out that a number of federal agencies have warned of impending insolvency should the federal government continue to spend at current levels.